-diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.18.10/src/archives.c ./src/archives.c
---- ../dpkg-1.18.10/src/archives.c 2016-07-07 19:36:47.000000000 -0400
-+++ ./src/archives.c 2016-11-25 18:32:58.505875297 -0500
+diff -u -r ../dpkg-1.18.15/src/archives.c ./src/archives.c
+--- ../dpkg-1.18.15/src/archives.c 2016-11-11 22:18:40.000000000 -0500
++++ ./src/archives.c 2016-12-03 16:28:53.922977673 -0500
@@ -393,8 +393,10 @@
namenode->statoverride->uid,
namenode->statoverride->gid,
if (chmod(path, st->mode & ~S_IFMT))
ohshite(_("error setting permissions of '%.255s'"), path);
}
-@@ -1040,12 +1051,19 @@
+@@ -546,7 +552,9 @@
+ linksize = readlink(fn_old, linkname, stab->st_size + 1);
+ if (linksize < 0)
+ ohshite(_("unable to read link '%.255s'"), fn_old);
+- else if (linksize != stab->st_size)
++ else if (linksize > stab->st_size)
++ /* Termux patch: In some cases st_size is too large, ignore that.
++ See https://github.com/corbinlc/GNURootDebian/issues/103 */
+ ohshit(_("symbolic link '%.250s' size has changed from %jd to %zd"),
+ fn_old, (intmax_t)stab->st_size, linksize);
+ linkname[linksize] = '\0';
+@@ -1033,19 +1041,28 @@
+ r = readlink(fnamevb.buf, symlinkfn.buf, symlinkfn.size);
+ if (r < 0)
+ ohshite(_("unable to read link '%.255s'"), ti->name);
+- else if (r != stab.st_size)
++ else if (r > stab.st_size)
++ /* Termux patch: In some cases st_size is too large, ignore that.
++ See https://github.com/corbinlc/GNURootDebian/issues/103 */
+ ohshit(_("symbolic link '%.250s' size has changed from %jd to %zd"),
+ fnamevb.buf, (intmax_t)stab.st_size, r);
+ varbuf_trunc(&symlinkfn, r);
varbuf_end_str(&symlinkfn);
if (symlink(symlinkfn.buf,fnametmpvb.buf))
ohshite(_("unable to make backup symlink for '%.255s'"), ti->name);